Christina Hart Davies, SBA Fellow has some beautiful designs for Plantlife’s 2022 Christmas cards. Available in boxes of ten cards with envelopes from Plantlife’s online shop: https://shop.plantlife.org.uk It’s so wonderful to see our members supporting a charity dedicated to protecting wild plants.
This year, the recipient of the 2023 Shirley Sherwood Award for Botanical Art is… Australian artist Beverly Allen. Every year, Dr Shirley Sherwood presents an award of £10,000 and a dedicated space in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery to an artist who has greatly contributed to the field of contemporary botanical art. Beverly is a spectacular artist with bold and confident compositions. Full of clarity, vivid colour and stunning detail, her paintings beautifully capture the splendour of the natural world and have earned her both the RHS – Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medal and the inaugural Gold Medal for Botanical Art by the New York Botanical Garden. Congratulations go to Beverley. www.facebook.com/shirleysherwoodcollection
The 6th Botanical Art Thailand will be held from July 23 to August 4, 2024, at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre (BACC). – Following Thailand’s co-hosting of Botanical Art Worldwide 2018 with 24 other countries, the Sci-Art Network, in collaboration with the Plant Science Department of Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, has continued to promote botanical art in Thailand. Botanical Art Thailand has attracted thousands of visitors each year since 2019. We also hold annual workshops to introduce botanical and scientific illustration to the public. – The theme for Botanical Art Thailand 2024 is “Herbal and Medicinal Plants,” reflecting Thailand’s rich tradition of herbal medicine with centuries of wisdom and cultural heritage. The exhibition will showcase the importance of plants beyond food and decoration,… Read more
